About the Authors

Danielle Lamb

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

d.lamb@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation UCL, London, United Kingdom

Liam Wright

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UCL, London, United Kingdom

Hannah Scott

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Bethany Croak

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Sam Gnanapragasam

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Mary Docherty

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Neil Greenberg

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Matthew Hotopf

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Sharon A. M. Stevelink

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Rosalind Raine

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UCL, London, United Kingdom

Simon Wessely

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

MH, RR, and SW are senior NIHR Investigators. SW has received speaker fees from Swiss Re for two webinars on the epidemiological impact of COVID 19 pandemic on mental health. RR reports grants from DHSC/UKRI/ESRC COVID-19 Rapid Response Call, grants from Rosetrees Trust, grants from King’s Together rapid response call, grants from UCL (Wellcome Trust) rapid response call, during the conduct of the study; & grants from NIHR outside the submitted work. MH reports grants from DHSC/UKRI/ESRC COVID-19 Rapid Response Call, grants from Rosetrees Trust, grants from King’s Together rapid response call, grants from UCL Partners rapid response call, during the conduct of the study; grants from Innovative Medicines Initiative and EFPIA, RADAR-CNS consortium, grants from MRC, grants from NIHR, outside the submitted work. SS reports grants from UKRI/ESRC/DHSC, grants from UCL, grants from UKRI/MRC/DHSC, grants from Rosetrees Trust, grants from King’s Together Fund, and an NIHR Advanced Fellowship [ref: NIHR 300592] during the conduct of the study. NG reports a potential COI with NHSEI, during the conduct of the study; and I am the managing director of March on Stress Ltd which has provided training for a number of NHS organisations although I am not clear if the company has delivered training to any of the participating trusts or not as I do not get directly involved in commissioning specific pieces of work. DL is funded by the NIHR ARC North Thames. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Institute for Health Research or the Department of Health and Social Care. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care. Other authors report no competing interests. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.